Gravity-carrier.



P. E. MOORE.

GRAVITY CARRIER.

APPLIGATION Hum JULY 15, ma.

Patented June 30, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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GRAVITY CARRIER.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 15, 1915.

1,102,161 Patented June'30,1914.

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FBANXE. KODBE, .0F ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA,

GRAVITYARRIER..

Specglcntion of Letters Potent.

Patented June 30, 19ML.-

ppumion and my 15,1913. senaifm. 779,196.

and `useful Improvements in Gravity-Carriers, of which .the following s .a .speo.i-- cation,

My invention `relates to gravity carriers; and particularly toa type adapted for use in connection ,with a- .drop or lowerator inI which .one platform ascends While another; platform descends.

The objectof the invention is 4to provide a carrierlfor .use in ,connection .with a drop .or lowerator and designed particularly for.' transporting stereotype plates from the plat.- 1 forms .of .the .drop to a printing ross..

lA further 4object. is to rovi e a .Carrier which will handle the p ates rapidly .and ,without injury to them.

.Other .objects of the invention will `appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in vari.- ons constructions and combinations, all .11S hereinafter described and particularly p oint.- i ed .out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan 'View .of a gravity carrier .embodying my invention, ig. 2 is a vertical sectional'view .through the shaft `of the lowerator, illus, tratirig the movement of the platforms for .delivering the stereotype plates to the carrier, Fi 3 is a sectional view on ,the line yvy o Fig. l, Fig.` 4 is a sectional view on theline ,m-, .of Fig. 1.

In `the drawing, 2 represents the Shaft in which the drop or lowerator is arranged and i 3 and .4 are .comparatively short ,carrier sec- .tions .comprising the platforms .of the plate dro S- These platforms .are raised and low.- .ereg alternately bv a cable 4 passim Over suitable sheaves 4; at the :top of. .the .owerator shaft. This lowerator'forms no part of my presentinvention and 'further .description and illustration thereof is unn.ec.-

l essary.

Opposite the section 3 I provide a carrier l .section .consisting of rails 5, 6, 7 and `t3, ar-

ranged in pairs and connected with one an other by suitable cross bars 9 at intervals. Journaled in bearings in these rails are antifriction rollers '10 forming a movable bed continuation of similar rollers mounted in the section .3. Suitable braces 11 connect the ,cross bars 9 with one another and hold the' rails against racking and twisting. The rails 5 and 6 are curved, as indicated in Fig. 1,'b ut of course may be straight, if preferred, accordin to the direction the stereotype 4late or ot er article is to be carried I after eaving the drop. In front of the section 4 is a carrier of similar construction, which I will designate b the same reference numeral with the a dition of the exw l The rails 8 and 5 come together ata point marked A. Rails 12 and 13 are secured at vone end to the rails 7 and 6 and extend f parallel therefrom and terminate near the ends of the rails 6 and 7. Journaled-in the by brackets l(5. The guard rails l5 con- 'l verge after enteringibetween the rails 12 and 13 and terminate at a point B, where a comparatively narrow space is provided between themo'suflicientto allow the passage of the edge 4of the stereotype plate. Guard rails 173 supported in a similar manner, are provided adJacent to therails (i and 7 and extend to the point of termination of these rails C. T hese guard rails, while operating to `direct the stereotype plates and keep them in their proper position on the carrier rolls, will not damage the plates upon coming in contact with them. The rails 5 and 8i are extended and form .the outer rails of the main .carrier section 1.8, to which the stereotype plates are successively delivered and Atransported to .the lprinting press or any other Asuitable point. These Youter rails form over branches of the carrier from a lowerbearings for rolls 19 which are supported at their inner ends by a rail 20, the bearings alternating in posit-ion in t-he rail 20 and the rolls being arranged to lap by the ends of the rolls 14 and also forni cont-inuations of the movable beds of the carrier branches. Guard rails 21 and 22 are also provided, diverging from one another near the termination of the guard rails 12 and 13 and merging into the inner rails of the main carrier 18. plate 23 passing from the plat-form drop l a upon one branch of the carrier, will move.

thereover opposite the point A and will pass upon the rollers 14 with one edge between the guard rails 15 and emerging from be` tween these rails will Vpass upon one side of the diverging rails y21 and be directed thereby over the rolls 20 to the single carrier 18 and from thence to any point'desired. 'llhe platform drops operating alternately, `it is evident that the stereotype plates will be delivered Vfirst to one branch of the carrier and then to the other, and the plates moving over'these branches will pass one after another onto the carrier 18` and be delivered thereby to the printing press or any other point desired.

l have shown this device adapted par-v ticularly for handling stereotype plates, but it may beutilized for other purposes where it is desired -to transport articles successively ing apparatus or from any other delivering means.

l claim as my invention 1. The combination, with lowerator drops or carriers, of carrier sections forming/conf tinuations of the beds of said-drops, and whereto the articles to be transported are delivered alternately by said drops, a single carrier section wherein. said first named sections merge, and guides for directing the sections arranged side by side, each comprising side rails and anti-friction means Journaled therein and forming a moving surface for the articles placed on said carriers, the inner rails of said carriers merging into one another at a point intermediate to the ends ot said carriers, a carrier section forming a continuation of said inner rails be With this construction the stereotype tween the outer rails oit said carriers and having anti-fiiction rollers adapted to receive the article from either one of said carrier sections, a single .gravity carrier sec tion connected with said first named sec tions and means for guiding the articles onto said single carrier section.

4. A gravity carrier comprising carrier sections arranged side by side, each having siderails and anti-friction means mounted therein forming moving surfaces for the articles placed on said carrier, the inner rails of said carrier sections converging towa point near one another, a carrier section forming al continuation of' said. 'rails'and having anti-friction rollers' journaled therein, said inner rails 'being space dzapa'rt suitliciently to allow the e ge offa stereotypeplate to pass betweenv them coming over either carrier section, a single carrier section and a guide having diverging rails arranged to direct the stereotype plates upon said single carrier section.

5. A. gravity carrier comprising carrier sections arranged side by side and lhaving converging inner rails, a carrier section having comparatively long anti-friction rollers journaled therein forming a continuation of said inner rails and located between the outer rails of said carrier sections, similar carrier sectionsnlso having comparatively longl anti-friction rollers forming continuations of said outer rails, a single carrier, and guides mounted to direct articles from said rst named carrier sections over said intermediate sections .upon said single carrier section.

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6. A Gravity carrier comprising sections i Iarrange side'by side and having anti-fria tion rollers journaled therein adapted toreceive and transport semi-circular stereotype plates placed thereon, a single carrier section forming a continuation of said iirst named sections, and diverging guides arranged to engage the stereotype plates and direct them from either of said carrier sections upon said single section. l

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7. A gravity carrier comprising carrier sections, each having side rails and inner and outer groups of anti-friction carrying members journaled in said rails, a single carrier section having side rails and carrying members j ournaled therein, the outer groups of carrying members of said iirst named sections merging into the'carrying members of said single section, the inner groupsof carrying members of said first namedsectionsconverging and uniting into ay carrier section intermediate to said outer groups,l and guiding means above said intermediate carrier section foi-,receiving the articlesfrom said first named carrier sections and directing them upon said single carrier section.

8. A gravity carrier comprising carrier sections, each having side rails and ant-friccles from either of said first named carrier tion means mounted therein forming moving sections upon said single carrier section. 10 surfaces for the articles placed on said car- In witness whereof, I have hereunto set rier, a carrier section forming a continuamy hand this 27th da of June 1913.

tion of said rst named sections and hav-4 F ANK E. MOORE.

ing anti-friction means mounted therein, a Witnesses:

single carrier section, and a guide having Jos. W. HUMPHREY,

diverging rails arranged to direct the arti- E. A. BROWN. 

